God

God (A.S. God; Germ. Gott; akin to Persian khoda; Hindu khooda), is tbe proper name of tbe one Supreme and Infinite Personal Being, tbe Creator and Ruler of tbe universe, to whom man owes obedience and worship. The root-meaning of tbe name (from Gothic root gheu; Skt. hu or hu, “to invoke or to sacrifice to”) is eitber “tbe one invoked” or “tbe one sacrificed to” . From different Indo-Germanic roots (div, “to shine”, “give light”; tbes in tbessasthai, “to implore”) come tbe Indo-Iranian deva, Skt. dyaus(gen. divas), Lat. dews, Gr. Theos, Irish and Gaelic, dia, all of which are generic names; also Gr. Zeds(gen. Dios), Lat. Jupiter (jovpater), Old Teut. Tiu or Tiw (surviving in Tuesday), Lat. Janus, Diana, and otber proper names of pagan deities. The common name most widely used is ‘ilah in Arabic, etc.; and though scholars are not agreed on tbe point, tbe root-meaning most probably is “tbe strong or mighty one”.